Improvement in paper collars



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,720, dated May 15,1866.

To all 'whom t't'may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HARRIS, of Springfield, in the county ofHampden, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulIinproveinentin Paper Collars 5 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof', reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication,representing an extended collar with notched ends and lengthenedbutton-holes7 also its different positions as it is being fastenedaround the neck of the wearer, and its self-adjustment thereto.

This improvement consists of notches or slits made in the ends of thecollar and the lengthened button-holes or slits, as represented byFigure 1.

Figs. 2 and 3 represent the collar buttoned on, with the notched endsplaced in the button-holes, one outside, the otherinside, forming aleverage which prevents the upper edge ot the collar from being turnedinward, thus obviating that tightening and cutting of the edge on theneck which is so annoying to the wearer7 also preventing the soiling andloppin g of the collar from perspiration by keeping it from restingagainst the neck.

Figs. 2 and 3 also represent the manner in which the lengthenedbutton-holes or slits allow the collar to adjust itself to the sizeofthe neck and necktie by the slipping of the notches either way alongthe saine, thus lengthening or shortening the collar to the requiredsize,

while it still remains securely buttoned to the shirt. n

Fig. 4 represents the position that the collars now in use assume byturning on the button. My improvement entirely obviates this difficulty.

Figs. 5 and 6 are only intended to represent the collar in its differentpositions While being buttoned on, showing an easy way of doing the sameto those unaccustomed to it.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent,is-

The notches or slits in the ends of the collar and the lengthenedbutton-holes or slits, arranged in such a manner that when the notchesare placed in the lengthened button-holes or slits they will prevent theupper edge ofthe collar from turning in toward the neck, and by slippingalong the button-holes allow the collar to adjust itself exactly to theneck, 'as herein described.

WM. B. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

R. E. HARRIS, F. H. HARRIS.

